supplemental resources to teach business law
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Supplemental Resources to Teach Business Law. Jill Schany Emmetsburg High School Emmetsburg, Iowa NBEA 2011. Why Supplemental Resources? . Textbook: Law for Business and Personal Use 15th Edition Published in 2000 Questions from Students Location, location, location!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Supplemental Resources to Teach Business Law
Jill SchanyEmmetsburg High School
Emmetsburg, IowaNBEA 2011
Why Supplemental Resources?
Textbook: Law for Business and Personal Useo 15th Editiono Published in 2000
Questions from Students Location, location, location!
Decision Making Process
Know your administratoro Open lines of communicationo Open invitation to view
Know your parentso Communicate your intentions and objectives with
parents Know your kids
o Parents and student signo Code of Conduct
Our Resources Created a wiki through Wikispaces Address: http://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com
Navigation Bar Many resources
referred to within our presentation
Writing in the Business Law Curriculum
Fundamental for analytical thinking Writing assignments:
o Legal Brief/Memo• Samples: • Legal Brief (How To)• Law and the Media Sample
o Student Samples• Student Sample 1 Legal Memo• Student Sample 2 Legal Memo
Activities That Require Writing Compare and Contrast
Papero Compare a Supreme
Court case with a more current case
o Example: Tinker v. Des Moines and Bretton Barber v. Dearborn Public Schools• Two cases, one from the
1960’s and one from 2003• Illustrates to students that
“old” court cases set precedent for legal action in the United States
From Google Scholar http://
scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13042266523220645414&q=bretton+barber&hl=en&as_sdt=2,11
Located on wiki under Writing Opportunities
Student Samples
Movies in the Business Law Curriculum
Provides students with “real life” exampleso Local county court in Emmetsburgo Small town
Choice of movieso Student interest surveyo Topic at hando Consider the objective
• Is your objective to analyze the argument?• Is your objective to apply it to a scenario?
Example: Closing Arguments—A Time to Kill
Suggested Movies
Movies from YouTubehttp://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com/Movies
Ford Pinto from YouTube
Court Brieffrom Google Scholar
Literature in the Business Law Curriculum
Reading is the focus of our districto Each teacher, in all content areas, required to present and
document reading strategieso The only way to get improve reading is to read more.
My philosophy of supplemental readingo Student choiceo Building background knowledge
How do you assess this?o Have students write “sworn statements” from the viewpoint
of a charactero Create a trial timeline or event timeline with specific terms
and situations defined Discussion of reading is critical
Book Study Suggestionshttp://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com/Book+Studies
Example of Book Study Chapter 1, The Firm by John Grisham Unit: Ethics in Law
o Corresponds to specific chapter in our text Objectives of book study:
o Identify and define legal termso Relate the situation in the book to a real life situation
that is in the news and/or the newspapero Determine the motive for the actions of each character
in the booko Write a legal opinion regarding the actions of one of the
main character in the book and identify motives (with support), justify his or her actions, and rule on whether or not he or she was ethical in his or her actions
Using Book Study to Teach Reading StrategyMaking an inference
Constitutional Law Pick three or four amendments or issues I prefer Street Law for the unit on Constitutional
Lawo Lesson planso Background information
Street Law: Tinker v. Des Moines Background Information by Reading Level Lesson Plans and Time Needed
Street Law www.streetlaw.org
Street Law Click on Teaching tab
Street Law Assignment
Reading Levels Go to StreetLaw.org siteSelect Background
Landmark Case Assignment
Adapted from streetlaw.org Landmark Case Assignment
Student Samples from Street Law
Tinker v. Des Moines Mapp v. Ohio
Skype in the Classroom
Rely on resources: family, friends, alums
Sean Solberg
Attorney at Faegre and Benson in Minneapolis
Specializes in Intellectual Property
Loves the opportunity to visit his former high school
Taught a three day course in intellectual property to our students via Skype
Other Resources Anatomy of a Trial
o The Mark Becker Trial in Iowa• Becker shot his high school football coach• Trial focused on the insanity defense
Family Lawo I Am Samo Why teach family law?
• Almost all students will be married at some point• Statistics say that half will be divorced• It correlates nicely with contract law.
Supplemental Resources Make the topic more interesting and
inviting Illustrates the uses of law
o How law affects every day lifeo How law affects you personally
More interaction and collaboration
Business Law
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact me: o Jill Schany, Emmetsburg High Schoolo [email protected]
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